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From 9/11 To 666: THE CONVERGENCE OF CURRENT EVENTS, BIBLICAL PROPHECY AND THE VISION OF ISLAM |  | Author: Ralph W. Stice
Publisher: ACW Press
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ISBN: 1932124659
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Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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Based on extensive research of Muslims, Islamic teachers and Imams over two decades and 10 years of living among them, Ralph Stice believes that Islam will play a central role in the End Times. Des
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 Simply Phenomenal!!!! April 5, 2007
Gregory Nyman (Winchendon, MA United States)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Having read many of the current titles out there, including the fantasy of "Left Behind," I was initially intrigued with Ralph Stice's title of the book. When I picked it up, however, I literally couldn't put it down.
He has hit the nail squarely on the head, as the saying goes.
What makes this book so different than the others out there, is that it is written by a missionary who lived among the Muslims and who understands their frustrations, anger, and current events as they deal with the geo-political-religious world. From the opening chapter of painting an imaginary scenario where the world is ruled by an Islamic Al-Mahdi, he continues in his book by supporting his thesis, and not once does he say he is absolutely correct. He leaves that up to God. But what he does is weave Scripture, compassion for the Muslim people, and current events to pose a plausible scenario.
There is much to mull over and consider in this book, as well as questions that remain long after the book has been put down. Issues such as what should the Christian church's response be to the Muslim people, and the answer is "Love." There are also warning signs along the way, such as the Achilles heel which will ultimately sink the United States, and that is the addiction to Oil and the greed of the country and how it plays into the terrorist agenda.
Ralph Stice uses Scripture very liberally, and half way through the book he gives a "timeline" which he suggests could be plausible, and he strongly believes that it's possible for the Saudi government to fall into the hands of Muslim extremists within the next few years. And given that scenario, he asks the questions about how will the Christian respond to a more simpler lifestyle.
There's a lot to consider, and I'd highly recommend this book, as it is a WAKE-UP call to the church of Jesus Christ. We need to pay more attention to the current events around us, as it is possible, based on the many Scriptures he presents, that the Anti-Christ is just waiting to rise into prominence. My question is like his own - why hasn't the country and the Church, in particular, even considered this?
A phenomenal read, and highly recommended. I wish I could give it a #10.
An Absolute Must Read October 1, 2005
St. John of Damascus
46 out of 54 found this review helpful
Ralph Stice is a modern day prophet, plain and simple. This book is anything but a dry study or your typical end-time evangelical alarmism. It is a well-written, well-thought-through, well-researched and very personal examination of what the present trends in the Islamic world, the doctrines and vision of Islam and Biblical prophecy have to say about the future of this World. Stice's experience as a missionary and friend to hundreds upon hundreds of Muslims is clearly evident from page one. Stice has also suceeded in building a rare bridge of understanding between Americans/Westerners and the Muslims that he lived amongst for so long. As the nations are presently in the early stages of a major polar-political shift that has not been seen in possibley several hundred years, Rev. Ralph Stice's poignant and prophetic work is an absolute and urgent must read for priests, pastors, imams as well as common Muslims and Christians everywhere. This is one of those rare books that someone tells you about and it gets passed around several times. I have already purchased a few extras to give away. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Positive Perspective for End-Times December 15, 2005
D. Milligan (Washington, DC United States)
31 out of 37 found this review helpful
Positive reviews from trusted friends and the provocative title were what initially piqued my interest to read this book, and I'm very glad that I did!
It's very informative and well researched. I appreciate the journalist writing perspective and style. I also greatly appreciate the research and citations in the book that make it simple to cross-reference and further dig into the topics that the author explores and lays out.
This has become and been a much needed resource of information on Islam from an end-times perspective that has educated me on what was previously an unknown body of knowledge for me. It also has provided background and conversation for many a dinner table discussion with friends. And perhaps it is for this that I am most grateful to Stice and this book--he has taken an area of knowledge that would seem impolite or politically incorrect and made it compassionate and intelligent. He provides well-sourced education in an area of which most Americans are very ignorant.
Buy it for yourself and give a couple to friends and I guarantee you'll have the makings of some excellent and thought-provoking and intentional dinner conversations--with perhaps eternal ramifications!
The Stage Is Set... December 30, 2006
Rachel Elaine
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Whether or not you are a believer of End Times prophecy, "From 9/11 To 666" is a relevant book of facts surrounding the Islam religion of today, yesterday and realistic for tomorrow. Written by a world-traveled former journalist, turned world resident missionary, Ralph W. Stice - who is not a scholar or an unapologetic hyper-patriot blindly defending America - has spent more than a decade living among Muslims as his neighbors and friends, including the time spent in France where the two cultures regularly collide. Stice, who has a clear-eyed and unique knowledge of Islam, speaks the language, knows Muslim history, has listened at mosques and serves as a sympathetic bridge between two worlds with an unbiased view, combining first-hand knowledge with a deep love and respect for the people as well as empathy for the bondage they are in.
Osama bin Laden says, "We love death. The U.S. loves life. That is the big difference between us." Of course he knows the many other differences that our country seems to ignore, including the fact that our leaders don't yet understand how the rest of the world thinks. In a western country that practices "separation of church and state," we see Islam through our own cultural lens. Islam has no such separation. To fight its people, we fight Allah. A war fought is all about religion - a war against infidels, a war not about power but religion in power, a war not against terrorists but against the ideology. (My own long-held thoughts are that one cannot just go into his neighbor's yard and cut down what is believed to be an unsightly weed to remedy the eyesore for oneself unless doing something about the root. And what if the neighbor believes this root holds a rose instead? What is "surrender" in a war when one side fights for one thing and the other side, another?)
Many Muslims, long time American admirers and moderates, now feel betrayed due to the forces in Iraq. They see it as a rebirth of colonialism and a rebirth of the Christian Crusader movement. They ask themselves why a president who claims to follow Jesus would bomb innocent people when they know Jesus as a peaceful prophet. Unfair foreign policy is a major contention. They no longer understand us and no longer want to.
The U.S. exports capitalistic, secular democracy to certain nations while turning a blind eye to atrocities and horrendous human rights violations committed by other dictators. There are many who equal Saddam Hussein's cruelty yet continue to remain in power. The pick-and-choose interventions have become shocking to the Muslim people. They see American forces and power and wonder why we don't help them, believing we easily could. Righteous anger over the world's injustices, dictators and political rulers becoming rich and hoarding those riches from their people, poverty and hopelessness of a better future light the path of the radical jihadist.
The Muslims draw on a greater wealth of information of world history and persecutions as well as the current, inflaming policies of the U.S. which draws more and more into the fundamentalist camps, both offensively and defensively. We know far too little about global issues and seem to be incapable of understanding cultures besides our own to be able to lead the world. Unlike our own separation of church and state policy, international news is regularly addressed in mosques. While the western world became more secularized in pursuit of intellectual evolution, such "progress" was not embraced by the Muslim world.
American culture is one of the main reasons we are known as "The Great Satan." Muslims try to raise godly children but our popular entertainment culture infiltrates to their youth, giving the impression that all Americans are as immoral and smutty as the shocking output representing our society. They have long believed we are all a society of perverted (and truly greedy) people as shown by the media.
Economic growth has not kept pace with the Muslim population growth. With no jobs and too much time on their hands, any solution, including joining militias becomes feasible.
Hatred of the Jewish people, which began from the age-old battle between Ishmael and Isaac and further developed as a result of the Jewish people rejecting the claims of Muhammad as a prophet of God, continues in full fury today, being preached incessantly and is much worse than Nazi Germany at its peak.
The numerous parallels between the Islamic Koran and the Christian biblical prophecy are astounding including the seven year tribulation time period before Christ's return. Muslims await signs of the End Times and "The Awaited Savior," Al-Mahdi who is to prevail over all religions. Promised is the eradication of "those pigs and dogs," referring to Jews and Christians. Believing that Jesus had a substitute on the cross and ascended to Heaven to await His final time on earth to help Mahdi and Allah, Isa (the Islamic name for Jesus) is to appear without fanfare near Damascus, Syria, claiming he was not the son of God and will rebuke all Christians for believing as such.
The two are to lead the world toward Islam's aspirations: Redress for all the wrongs done against them by outsiders (using the oil card, this could be reality), the right to revive Islamic civilization without interference from the west, the unification of all Muslim territories into one federally organized Islamic caliphate (their maps were redrawn in 1916 by French and British diplomats), and the replacement of anti-religious ruling elites with sincere Muslims who will rule according to the shariah.
The noted timeline for disastrous world events most likely to unfold, begin with the overthrow of the Saudi government, thus virtually shutting down the oil supply to the heavily dependent west are also feasible predictions by experts. With viruii and chemical weapons missing from guarded sites and nuclear weapon arsenals in the making, already in the news, it doesn't take much imagination to see the potential for the End Times scenarios to play out their parts.
Although the common thread running through all forms of Islam is that Islam stands supreme among world religions and it is best for every nation to adopt it as their own as any obstruction of that divine plan is considered to be a war on Islam and Allah which justifies jihad, from the first page of "From 9/11 To 666" to the last, the author calls for compassion for the Muslim people, born and enslaved into the religion and also to separate the faith and its leaders from the followers. This is a down-to-earth book that doesn't contain a lot of religious rhetoric for either side. I would recommend it to all readers.
Ralph is the man! November 4, 2006
A Disciple whom Jesus loves
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ralph has some real meat here for those who dare. I loved this book and seeing the heart of love Stice has for the lost. Hope he has some more books coming. The title at first threw me off, thought it was another kook's concoction but after reading Robert Livingston's recomend I bought it ASAP. Glad I did to. This book "From 9-11 to 666", Livingstons 'The Final Clash', 'Anti-Christ Islams Awaited Messiah' by Richardson and 'Why I Left Jihad' by Walid Shoebat are fresh manna for the one who has an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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